{"id":18155,"date":"2012-08-13T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=18155"},"modified":"2012-08-13T14:00:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:00:55","slug":"a-soda-lovers-paradise-in-ashburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/08\/a-soda-lovers-paradise-in-ashburn\/","title":{"rendered":"A soda lover’s paradise in Ashburn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ASHBURN, Va. \u2014<\/strong> Coming back from an overnight stay in Leesburg after a wedding in Bluemont last month, I decided to see if the Partlow Bros. General Store in Ashburn was still in operation. I had a soft spot for it since the first time I bicycled or hiked past it on the W&OD Trail<\/a>. It was a throwback to a simpler time and as the development overtook that part of Loudoun County, I was happy to see it continue. However, the general store has been replaced by Carolina Brothers Barbecue<\/a>. The building is still the same and it is certainly still an excellent stop for W&OD cyclists, runners, hikers, etc. It seems like a logical evolution for the spot given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I noticed inside that a refrigerator had a nice tall glass bottle of Pepsi. I picked it up and read the label and saw that it had sugar, not corn syrup in it — just like Pepsi Throwback. I picked up several bottles. I also noticed they had Cheerwine in old-style glass bottles which pleased my wife. She had developed a taste for it during our trip to South Carolina in the spring. We also got a few bottles of it for my sister-in-law who is from Texas. Then, my wife spotted an ever rarer soda — Big Red<\/a>. My sister-in-law loves Big Red, so we were really pleased to give her some. We also picked up some Mexi-Cokes since other family members prefer the real sugar version of Coca-Cola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sometime later in the summer or fall, we’ll go out there and try the barbecue. We have bough a couple of sauces for ourselves which we will try on our crock pot pork shoulder but we want the real thing too. They also sold apple butter which is delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n